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The Holy Spirit — “He,” NOT “It”

Over the summer I worshipped in a few different churches. I heard some good preaching. But I also heard something […]

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18 February 2025

Jonathan Master the Holy Spirit

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Defending Double Procession

The Nicene Creed asserts that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.  At least in our Western […]

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13 February 2025

Double procession Filioque Nicene Creed Sinclair Ferguson

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Stop Trying to Illustrate the Trinity

John Eliot was an early missionary to the First Nations of North America.  This was during the 1600s.  He lived […]

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29 July 2024

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De Moor on Science and Scripture

One of the reasons history is exciting is that you often find others who have dealt with similar questions to […]

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26 January 2024

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Reformed Stupidity?

I saw this question on Reddit recently: Do Reformed preachers not see the stupidity of telling people not to rely […]

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29 November 2023

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Busting Theological Mythconceptions

Urban Legends of Theology: 40 Common Misconceptions, Michael Wittmer.  Brentwood: B&H Academic, 2023.  Softcover, 258 pages. It was the days […]

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27 November 2023

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Remembering Dr. N.H. Gootjes (1948-2023)

On Sunday August 20, on a whim, I started reading Murder on the Orient Express, my first Agatha Christie novel.  […]

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28 August 2023

N.H. Gootjes Nicolaas Gootjes

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Doug Wilson: The Bad

In the first instalment, I laid out some of the commendable things about Doug Wilson.  In particular, we noted that […]

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3 July 2023

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Two Errors in Ten Seconds

My wife and I were recently back where we started.  When we first got married, we were living in Edmonton, […]

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27 March 2023

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The Gateway to the Deep End

Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion, Herman Bavinck.  Translators and editors, Gregory Parker Jr. and Cameron Clausing.  Peabody: Hendrickson […]

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27 February 2023

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What Does Faith Do? It Depends

Some people love jigsaw puzzles – they’ll work on them for hours and hours.  When you’re doing a puzzle, you […]

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21 February 2023

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Dismantling the Dangerous Dichotomy

Do You Believe? 12 Historic Doctrines to Change Your Everyday Life, Paul David Tripp.  Wheaton: Crossway, 2021.  Hardcover, 478 pages. […]

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2 January 2023

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Blind Faith in the Hypostatic Union?

Every three years I do a seminar format with my senior catechism students.  Each of them has to do a […]

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13 December 2022

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The Love of God in the Atonement

In 1 John 4:16, the Holy Spirit tells us that “God is love.”  Sadly, this biblical truth is often perverted.  […]

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5 December 2022

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Books by Wes Bredenhof

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

Published 2024

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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